Effect of precooling on extending the postharvest life of Kesar mango fruits.
Waskar D. P., Dhemre J. K.
Author Affiliation: Department of Horticulture, Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahuri - 413 722, India.
Indian Journal of Agricultural Research 39 : 42-46
Abstract : A laboratory experiment was conducted to study the effect of precooling on extending the postharvest life of mango cv. Kesar fruits. Fully matured export quality kesar fruits were subjected to treatments of waxol (6%), waxol (6%) coupled with carbendazim (0.1%) and captan (0.2%). One lot of these treated and untreated (control) fruits were kept for storage at room temperature (24.18-30.57°C with 47.50-74.00% relative humidity), a second lot was precooled at 10°C for 12 h and a third lot was unprecooled and both the lots were stored at 10°C with 90-95% relative humidity. Results indicated that the mango fruits treated with waxol (6%) coupled with carbendazim (0.1%) and precooled at 10°C for 12 h and then stored in cool storage recorded the maximum storage life of 50 days compared to unprecooled ones which recorded a storage life of 46 days. Control fruits recorded a minimum storage life of 20 days.